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|stylistic_origins = [[Acid house|Acid house]] {{cn|date=July 2012}} • [[Chiptune]] • [[Electro (music)|Electro]] • [[Electroclash]] • [[French house]] • [[Hi-NRG]] • [[House music|House]] • [[Pop music|Pop]] • [[Synthpop]] • [[Tech house]]
|stylistic_origins = [[Acid house|Acid house]] {{cn|date=July 2012}} • [[Chiptune]] • [[Electro (music)|Electro]] • [[Electroclash]] • [[French house]] • [[Hi-NRG]] • [[House music|House]] • [[Pop music|Pop]] • [[Synthpop]] • [[Tech house]]
|cultural_origins = Early 2000s, <br> [[Europe]], [[Japan]], [[United States]]
|cultural_origins = Late 1990s&ndash;early 2000s, <br> [[Europe]], [[Japan]], [[United States]]
|instruments = [[Drum machine]], [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]], [[Personal&nbsp;computer]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]], [[Music sequencer|Sequencer]], [[Synthesizer]]
|instruments = [[Drum machine]], [[Keyboard instrument|Keyboard]], [[Personal&nbsp;computer]], [[Sampler (musical instrument)|Sampler]], [[Music sequencer|Sequencer]], [[Synthesizer]]
|popularity = late 2000s to present
|popularity = late 2000s to present

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Electro house
Stylistic originsAcid house [citation needed] • Chiptune • Electro • Electroclash • French house • Hi-NRG • House • Pop • Synthpop • Tech house
Cultural originsLate 1990s–early 2000s,
Europe, Japan, United States
Typical instrumentsDrum machine, Keyboard, Personal computer, Sampler, Sequencer, Synthesizer
Derivative formsComplextro • Dutch house • Fidget house • Moombahton

Electro house is a subgenre of house music influenced by 1980s music.[1][2] Its origins are obscure, with sources claiming varying influence from 1980s-electro,[2] electroclash,[3] pop,[4] synthpop,[3][5] and tech house.[3][4][5] It has subsequently become a hard form of house music.[6] The term has been used to describe the music of many of the world's top DJs, such as David Guetta, deadmau5, and Tiësto.[7]

Characteristics

Electro house loop
This short loop demonstrates the style of a modern electro house track, including a house beat and "dirty" bass.
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Electro house, sometimes resembling tech house, typically retains elements of house music and can incorporate electro-influenced synths and samples.[2] It often has a "dirty" bass sound created from saw waves with compression, distortion, and/or flanging.[8]

History

The exact origins of the electro house are uncertain.[4] The genre has sometimes been seen as a fusion genre of electro and house,[9] or a term created from using "electro" as an adjective (meaning "futuristic" or "hard") for "house".[6] Another claim is that it comes from a mix of electro, pop, and tech house,[4] or electroclash, synthpop, and tech house.[3] French house, by artists such as Justice and especially Daft Punk, has also been considered a strong influence.

Benny Benassi - "Satisfaction" (2002)
Short sample of Benny Benassi's "Satisfaction", an influential example of the electro house genre.
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Use of the term dates to at least as far back as 1998, when it was used to refer to tracks with both electro and house influences by artists such as Afrika Bambaataa ("Planet Rock '98") and Run-D.M.C. vs. Jason Nevins ("It's Tricky (Jason's Nevins Radio Edit)").[10] Earlier tracks by bands such as Basement Jaxx in 1997[11], Arrivers in 1996,[12] and Sublime in 1993[13] have also been retroactively labelled as electro house. The 1992 chiptune video game soundtrack for Streets of Rage 2, composed by Yuzo Koshiro, features tracks combining house music with "dirty" electro and is considered ahead of its time.[14]

Mr. Oizo's 1999 hit "Flat Beat" has also been considered an early example of the genre,[15] along with "Satisfaction" in 2002 by Benny Benassi,[16] who is seen as a forerunner of the genre who brought it to the mainstream.[3][4] Other electro house producers who emerged in the early 2000s include David Guetta and Yasutaka Nakata[17]. By 2005, electro house saw an increase in popularity.[1] Since then, electro house producers such as Avicii, deadmau5, Knife Party and Skrillex have emerged and become increasingly popular.

Subgenres

Complextro

Complextro is typified by glitchy, intricate bass-lines and synth leads created with many instruments in quick succession.[18][19][20] The term, a portmanteau of the words "complex" and "electro",[18][19][21] was coined by Porter Robinson to describe the sound of his circa-2010 music.[21] He has also cited video game sounds, or chiptunes, as an influence on his style of music along with 1980s analog synth music.[22] Other prominent producers of the genre include Crookers,[18] Skrillex,[18] Uppermost,[20] and Wolfgang Gartner.[20]

Fidget house

Fidget house, or fidget, is "defined by snatched vocal snippets, pitch-bent dirty basslines and rave-style synth stabs over glitchy 4/4 beats."[23] It contains influences from Chicago house, rave, UK garage, bassline, US hip hop, Baltimore club, Kuduro and other "authentic" world music genres.[23] Prominent artists include The Bloody Beetroots, Crookers, Hervé, Sinden, and Switch. The term fidget house was coined by DJs/producers Jesse Rose and Switch, "as a joke, which has now gone a little too far."[23][24]

Dutch house

Dutch house, often nicknamed dirty dutch, is a style of electro house that originated in the Netherlands. It is primarily defined by complex rhythms made from drum kits similar to those in tribal house, a lower emphasis on basslines, and squeaky, high-pitched lead synths. Although its origins are unclear, it is believed that primary influences on the subgenre include Madchester, hip hop, detroit techno, and other urban styles of music.[25] Prominent artists include Tiësto, Afrojack, Hardwell, Chuckie, and Switch.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b angry. "Eric Prydz - Eric Prydz presents Pryda". inthemix. Retrieved 5 June 2012. But even more defining was the '80s aesthetic, one of the key inspirations behind the explosion of electro house in 2005.
  2. ^ a b c "Music Definitions - House music : styles". DJ Cyclopedia. 3345. Electro house : Sometimes resembles tech house, but often influenced by the 'electro' sound of the early 1980's, aka breakdancing music, via samples or just synthesizer usage.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Electro House". Tumblr. Retrieved 12 June 2012. It was in the early 2000s when a big movement of electroclash being mixed with synthpop. Meanwhile, tech house was also becoming more known and gaining some serious buzz. When the two were combined that is when Electro House came to be the way it is now. ... 'Satisfaction' was one of those songs that people would have stuck in their head for days. This song still continues to receive a lot of attention even now. It won world wide rewards as well as make Benny Benassi the father of Electro House.
  4. ^ a b c d e music2electro. "Electro House of Style Music". HubPages. Many people want to to find out exactly where did this style of music emerge from. There isn't any factual evidence to prove anything. As with most music history, it isn't certain. ... It is noted that about ten years ago there was a large revolutionary time in electro music being mixed with pop. At the same time tech house was gaining popularity. When the two were mixed that is when Electro House came to be the way it is now. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ a b Electro Man. "Quick Introduction to Electro House Genre". Electronic Music Blog!. Blogger. Retrieved 12 June 2012. It was in the early 2000s when a big movement of electroclash being mixed with synthpop. At the same time tech house was gaining popularity. With the right events happening at the right times, the two came together [to form electro house].
  6. ^ a b Lopez, Korina. "Electronic dance music glossary". USA Today. Retrieved 17 May 2012. Electro: 'It's meant so many things in the last 30 years. Originally, it meant futuristic electronic music and was used to describe Kraftwerk and Afrika Bambaataa. Now, it means hard electronic dance music.' Electro can be used as an adjective, such as electro-house and electro-pop.
  7. ^ "Top 100 DJs 2011". DJMag.com. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  8. ^ Suhonen, Petri (2011-10-11). "How To Create Electro… Lead? Bass?". How to Make Electronic Music. Retrieved 2012-06-11.
  9. ^ "Electro House" (in Russian). oXidant. Retrieved 5 June 2012. Electro House - это смесь двух стилей Electro и House.[unreliable source?]
  10. ^ "Electro House". Polystar. Eurodance Hits. Retrieved 5 June 2012.
  11. ^ "The Urban Haze EP". Beatport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  12. ^ "Arrivers - Dark Invader". Beatport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  13. ^ "Transamerican". Beatport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  14. ^ McNeilly, Joe (April 19, 2010). "Game music of the day: Streets of Rage 2". GamesRadar. Retrieved 28 July 2012. Streets of Rage 2's revolutionary 1992 soundtrack was ahead of its time ... It's an amazing blend of swaggering house synths, dirty eletro-funk and trancey electronic textures ...
  15. ^ "Flat Beat". Beatport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  16. ^ "Satisfaction". Beatport. Retrieved 10 June 2012.
  17. ^ "Perfume Interview" (in Japanese). bounce.com. 2008-02-07. Archived from the original on 2008-12-09. Retrieved 2009-06-02. (English translation)
  18. ^ a b c d Barboza, Trenton. "What is Complextro? An Emerging Genre Explained". Voices. Yahoo!. Retrieved 25 June 2012. The genre's name is a combination of the words 'Complex' and 'Electro' creating 'Complextro.' Producing this form of music is incredibly intricate and often requires a large amount of instruments that are layered close to each other within a piece of music sequencing software. This often results in a glitch, giving the genre its unique feel. ... Complextro is slowly gaining worldwide popularity due to high profile electronic producers such as Skrillex, Porter Robinson, and Crookers.
  19. ^ a b Nutting, P.J. (April 21, 2011). "Electronic Music... through 18-year-old eyes". Boulder Weekly. Retrieved 25 June 2012. Like conducting for a punchy electro orchestra, each 'instrument' gets a moment of focus before leaping to another, uniting them all in a compelling way. YouTube generation musicologists have dubbed this sound 'complextro' (a mash-up of 'complex' and 'electro') ...
  20. ^ a b c "Complextro". Reddit. Retrieved 25 June 2012. This music is complex, hence the name, with artists producing basslines/leads that are very intricate sometimes involving 8+ different synth sounds per 2 bar loop. Artists like Uppermost & Wolfgang Gartner [are] pioneering the genre.
  21. ^ a b "Tweet by Porter Robinson". when i made [the word 'complextro'], i wanted a portmanteu to describe my sound. complex+electro=complextro. it has since became the name of the style:)
  22. ^ Hurt, Edd (June 28, 2012). "Electro wunderkind and self-described 'complextro' Porter Robinson recognizes no technological constraints". Nashville Scene. Retrieved 28 July 2012.
  23. ^ a b c McDonnell, John (September 8, 2008). "Welcome to the fidget house". Music Blog. The Guardian. Retrieved 26 June 2012. ... fidget house - a joke term made up a few years ago by Switch and Jesse Rose. ... Fidget producers like to think of themselves as global music connoisseurs, hand-picking bits from genres such as Chicago house, rave, UK garage, US hip-hop, Baltimore club, Kuduro and other 'authentic' world music genres.
  24. ^ "Jesse Rose Interview". DJMag.com. Retrieved 26 June 2012. We came up with 'fidget house' as a joke, which has now gone a little too far.
  25. ^ Dirty Dutch (17 Jul 2012). "Dirty Dutch moves from RAI to Ziggo Dome". Retrieved 2012-08-03. Known for their fusion of musical genres such as house, hip-hop, electro, urban and techno showcasing both Dutch and internationally acclaimed artists alike, the Dirty Dutch events have escalated to accommodate the huge demand, consistently selling out to tens of thousands of partygoers.
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